The first table below looks at the demand for the PHP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP Developer
Rank 45 31 39
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +8
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 4 23 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.889% 3.698% 0.818%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.948% 3.892% 0.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 4
Average daily rate £225 £250 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £225 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £300 £293
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £250 £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.63%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
422 591 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.78% 95.02% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 321 251
Average daily rate £339 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 29
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
PHP Developer
West Midlands

PHP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham PHP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP Developer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham PHP Developer Daily Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PHP Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham PHP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PHP Developer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham PHP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

PHP Developer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited PHP Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with PHP Developer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) WordPress
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) MySQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) NEC
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Google

PHP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited PHP Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with PHP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) NEC
1 1 (20.00%) Google
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills Needed: PHP / Drupal / MySQL Robert Walters are working with a leading digital agency based in Birmingham who are looking to recruit a PHP Developer with strong experience...
Robert Walters
Salary: £220 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be involved in developing leading edge web based applications using PHP and a variety of web tools. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate commercial experience...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Main skill sought - PHP/Web Development, Drupal, MySQL, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript Experienced PHP contractor sought by this prestigious advertising agency. You will be involved in developing leading edge...
Applause IT Innovation
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013